Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 ActiveX Control vdt70.dll NotSafe stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0. It has been classified as critical. The affected element is the function NotSafe in the library vdt70.dll of the component ActiveX Control. Performing a manipulation results in stack-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4254. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (Programming Tool Software). This affects the function NotSafe in the library vdt70.dll of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in VDT70.DLL in Microsoft Visual Database Tools Database Designer 7.0 for Microsoft Visual Studio 6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the NotSafe method. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2007-2885 or CVE-2005-2127.

The weakness was presented 08/06/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-4254 since 08/08/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by DeltahackingTEAM and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (4259) and OSVDB (41080†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: DeltahackingTEAM
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4254 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4254
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38253
OSVDB: 41080 - Microsoft Visual Database Tools MSVDTDatabaseDesigner7 ActiveX (VDT70.DLL) NotSafe Function Arbitrary Code Execution

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 09/29/2024 17:05
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (48), 10/28/2017 10:20 (11), 09/29/2024 17:05 (17)
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